We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
If it's Tuesday, it must be another slate of big matches. That includes some intriguing Championship fixtures, a 5th Round Cup tie between Everton and Reading and the highlight - Chelski v. ManYoo at Stamford Bridge! Join me for all the action from 2:45 EST.
posted by The Blue Devil @ 1:07 PM
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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I took the afternoon off for numerous reasons.. one being... the match!!
Could you have put someone who isn't pants on the picture!! ROONEY IS HOPELESS!
FSC have started their pregame show... some English girl at the Bridge
Cup game tonight as well
Everton v Reading line-ups:
Everton: Howard, Neville, Jagielka, Distin, Baines, Coleman, Rodwell, Arteta, Bilyaletdinov, Osman, Saha.
Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Heitinga, Beckford, Anichebe, Duffy, Baxter.
Reading: McCarthy, Gunnarsson, Mills, Khizanishvili, Harte, Kebe, Tabb, Leigertwood, McAnuff, Long, Hunt.
Subs: Andersen, Karacan, Antonio, Church, Robson-Kanu, Howard, Armstrong.
From The Daily Telegraph's Henry Winter on Twitter: "Man United unchanged, first time in 165 games: Van der Sar; O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra; Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Nani; Rooney, Hernandez."
1858: Breaking team news: Fernando Torres starts for Chelsea, so Didier Drogba is on the bench. Man United are unchanged.
Games in the Championship
Derby v Doncaster
Middlesbrough v Nott'm Forest
Portsmouth v Scunthorpe
Lots of games in the two lower leagues too
With United unchanged... Giggs will not tie Bobby Charlton for the most appearances for United... stuck on 605
I feel Rooney should have been banned for his elbow on the weekend. It was nasty and intentional. I see why some teams feel United are being treated with kid gloves
Of course, Sniper Cole shouldn't be playing either!!
Unchanged for the first time 165 games!!! I am very pleased that that Hernandez is playing but I would have preferred Berbatov playing along side him... Rooney... prove me wrong and score a brace!!!
Official
Chelsea v Manchester United line-ups:
Chelsea: Cech, Ivanovic, David Luiz, Terry, Cole, Essien, Lampard, Ramires, Anelka, Torres, Malouda.
Subs: Turnbull, Drogba, Mikel, Bosingwa, Zhirkov, Kalou, McEachran.
Man Utd: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Smalling, Vidic, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes, Nani, Hernandez, Rooney.
Subs: Kuszczak, Brown, Berbatov, Giggs, Fabio Da Silva, Rafael Da Silva, Gibson.
Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)
Afternoon, Dave! Well done, taking the afternoon off. I'll be here until around about 4:15 as usual. Hoping that I won't have too many irritating students dropping by office hours today.
"RIP Peter Osgood, King of the Bridge, died five years ago today. Let's hope one of our current strikers can play like Ossie tonight."
I don't know if I knew he died. RIP for sure but forget about the current strikers
I thought that the graphic I chose was particularly appropriate given the Cashley air gun incident and the Rooney elbow incident. Both are very much in the news this week.
Afternoon Bob
LOCK THE DOOR.... TURN THE LIGHTS OFF
I've got a link for Soccer Special... it is SS News right now but hopefully it will change at 7:30
http://freesportss.yolasite.com/stream-2.php
The last few times I've watched Chelski there strikers - particularly Drogs and Torres - have been completely toothless. Interesting that Drogs is on the bench but Torres makes the first XI today.
Thanks for the link, mate!
Fergie says that Rooney was fortunate. Not a smart thing to do
Fergie asked about Chelsea needing to win... his answer... we need to win
Long may it continue
The main Championship match I'll be following this afternoon is the Boro v. Forest match. Obviously I'm hoping that Boro can do the biz for us today. All the top six sides will be on 34 matches with 12 to play after today's matches. Burnley are a bit of a worry because they're only four points back in 8th but have two matches in hand on us having only played 32.
FSC showing the interview I just saw
I just responded to your whiny post on the PPP thread, which I only noticed this morning. You'll have the full PPP data in your email inbox now, so go ahead and check my math, you silly billy!
I've got a brilliant Veetle link through p2p for the Sky coverage:
http://freesportss.yolasite.com/
Ray Wilkins and Jamie Redknapp are singling Chris Smalling's praises now. I agree - he's the best young English defender I've seen in yonks.
Must be stream 1... stream 2 is the hopefully the Soccer Special
He has done well lately. Especially against Citeh
There was no whining at all!!!!
Now they're profiling my boy Nani. United's best player this season, IMHO.
The votes have really changed for Friday night's game
71 Cup Final was wining but now at 28%
This year's Chelsea Liverpool match is 31%
94 Cup Final 40%
Never!
Okay, even I have to admit that his English is rubbish.
I have that link on right now
Nani has nine goals and 14 assists for you lot this season. Who's been better than that?
I can't have both links going on at once. If I have one on... the other one cuts off.
I have the Soccer Special on... Everton and Reading have started.
Come on FSC.... get it going.
The Cup game started at 7;30
What are FSC showing now - zit cream infomercial?
Late in November, Chelsea were top of the league!
If Chelsea lose today, they will be further away from United then they will be to the bottom three
You called it
Don't forget Sylvania TVs
It's amazing how far they've dropped off. They looked unstoppable at the beginning of the season.
So, have you checked my math yet?
Martin Tyler and Alan Smith on the commentary for Sky tonight.
I totally trust you!!
Teams in the very unimpressive Stamford Bridge tunnel now.
Unfortunately, none of us got points for guessing Birmingham City as the Carling Cup winner.
No students yet - I'm sure that they'll start popping in right when the match starts.
I picked Manchester CITY... do I get half a point for half the name?
Bad news for the Arse today with RVP out for three weeks
We're about to get started.... go to the commentators to get the atmosphere FSC!!
COME ON MAN U
COME ON MAN U
COME ON MAN U
United get us going
First useless pass by Carrick
Kick off time! The yellow ball has been stashed away for the season and we're back to the white ball. First sign of spring?
United haven't started well
Torres should have been booked! He kicked it in well after the whistle
Torres better not start playing well tonight
Well spotted with the ball...we're in March
wee pass by wee pea... should have done better
oooh, Malouda should have done better there
FSC are ahead of my Sky link
Nani being a ball hog again
End to end stuff
Not a good pass again from Carrick. What has happened to him
First student has stopped by!!!
Fergie is right. If we don't win we will only 4 or 5 points ahead of Arsenal having played an extra game
Yes, indeed. As predicted, the bloody moment they kicked off she popped up. Honestly, I ask you!
United have not done much in the last few minutes
No goals about yet.
Scholes gives the ball away but United survive
Nice link up play by Torres but that's not what they pay him for. Tremendous tackle by Fletch.
Charlton have scored against Carlisle
Decent shout for a penalty for the handball by JT. I think he moved his arm toward it.
Nice open feel to the match so far. They're both going for it.
There's been a goal in the Cup... FOR READING!!
Essien wins the first corner. I thought he'd lost the chance but he dug it out somehow.
Wow! Reading 1-0 up. The Toffees won't be happy after having knocked out Chelski to go out to a rubbish side like Reading.
Huddersfield take the lead at Hartlepool
Ramierez in the book for Chelsea
Yellow card for Ramires for lunging in. That was a bit uncalled for and Fergie wasn't happy about it at all.
Hopeless again by Carrick
Bloody hell - "disabled due to a copyright claim." Grrrrr!
Reading should be two up but they miss a one on one
Cashley didn't know that the gun was loaded when he pointed it at the work experience student and pulled the trigger. Could have happened to anyone.
He is a terrible mug. Wrote that horrible self-serving book, cheated on Cheryl and didn't even try to pay the other bint off, and now thinks he can jape away with an air rifle. I hope that lad sues him for millions.
The Tuesday Club gang had a tremendous go at him today which would have been funny but for it being merely fiddle playing while the flames are burning down the Em.
Searching for another link now...
Fans booing or yelling SHOOOOT every time Cashely gets the ball...classic
WHY COULDN"T EVRA GET THAT CROSS OVER TO SOMEONE
Very hilarious.
Afternoon Gooner... sorry about the weekend
I've got the FSC coverage now. Who's doing the commentary on this one?
I know you're not rooting for my lot todaY
At least Cashley didn't force the victim Dick Cheney style to apologize for getting his face in the way of the gun!
I don't pay too much attention to the commentators on FSC
Afternoon, Gooner!
Still no goals in the Championship. Forest have risen to 4th now on the strength of kicking off. Level with Norwich on points but four goals better on GD.
Player of the Year in the Prem??
Dunno who deserves it... there has been no stand out
Ryan Giggs - player of the season? Rubbish - he hasn't been a patch on my boy Nani. 9 goals and 14 assists.
My vote goes to Samir Nasri.
Not Nani... who?
BLOODY HELL ROONEY... HEAD THE BALL TOWARD GOAL!!!
He hasn't got a clue lately
Brilliant cross from Nani, rubbish header from Rooney. It's as if he's got a fifty pence piece for a bonce.
I'd settle for a scoreless draw and a pitch invasion from both sets of fans where Cashley and Roon both end up with season ending, but not life threatening, buttock stab wounds. That kind of Turkish punishment would do nicely.
Thanks for the sentiment Davey. We were utter crap trying to do what we do and Brum played above themselves. That's what wins in England unfortunately.
He has had a some spells but he hasn't done much lately
Nani is United's best player this season. Who's got better numbers, I ask you!
Well, Roon could elbow Cash in the face and Cash would retaliate and shoot him
PFA player should be Nasri. Young PFA should be Wilshere.
Another Chelski corner now....
And another....
I don't think it should be a United player. I have been very unimpressed with everyone this season... we could still win the treble!!
I might give Smalling the Young PFA award. Future England center back and captain, to my mind.
Roon has a chance for a one on one... useless... take him off
Corner to United
Smalling hasn't played enough
Brighton take the lead at Yeovil
Based on what performance? Smalling before Wilshere? That's not real.
Everything for United is going down the left
Nani was caught off the ball there. Free kick to United....
Cross by O'Shea far too close to Cech
United break... cross blocked! BUGGER
Evra taking a shot from a mile out and hits David Luiz right in the meat and two veg
For filling Rio Ferdinand's big boots. It's no mystery why United sit on the top of the league without having played well this season - they don't let in any goals. 25 in 27 games - only Chelsea have a better record.
COME ON UNITED... get players in the box
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ROOOOOONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT STRIKE
As I said earlier, AUTOMATIC STARTER
GOAL! How does he do that? At times he looks like he's forgotten how to play the game and then he lets one rip and it flies in past Cech. It's almost as if he stops thinking and his feral instinct kicks in.
0-1 United!
Uh, Dave, I believe you wanted him pulled off a moment ago, and I wouldn't have disagreed with you either. He looked hopeless!
I never said that!!
Seriously, I hope this kick his season started. I thought that after the CIteh goal. That is three straight games with a goal
Torres with a hopelessly ambitious effort there. Speaking of players who have lost their ability to play the game...footballing psychology never fails to amaze me. As someone who never got close to playing on any kind of level, I just don't know what playing the game at this level does to you.
Tete a tete between my boy Nani and Ivanovic. They're not happy with one another. It's a mystery why the big Serb hasn't been booked yet.
Me... never
3:10 pm: "Roon has a chance for a one on one... useless... take him off"
Five minutes later he scores. I don't blame you either. He just don't get how he's able to do that.
Must have been someone else
okay, i did say that and I stand by my comments... I also said earlier that he shouldn't play and hoped he would make me eat my words by scoring a brace
Still no goals in the Championship. I suppose that wouldn't be horrible. It would keep Forest within five points of us. But I wouldn't half mind a Boro goal - do they ever see those at the Riverside?
HT at Goodison
Nani to float one in here. Roon gets a flicked header on it but wide. Chicha hasn't had much to say tonight. Did Drac kill Fergie's horse or something?
Dangerous free kick by Nani flicked on but comes to nothing
Fans still shouting SHOOOOT every time Cole gets the ball... the commentators have no idea what the fans are doing. They are saying he wouldn't shoot from there
No wonder - it's Efan bloody Ekoku on the color commentary. He's hopeless.
Torres runs into Evra and gets a free kick... this better not come to anything
5 minutes to go... lamps with a free kick...how did that not go in!!!
How did that stay out! Wow! VDS bobbled Lampard's free kick and it seemed certain that Ivanovic would net the rebound.
Lamps whallops it saved by VDS and Ivanovic can't put the ball in... phew!
Handball by Vidic on the line maybe?
Donaster take the lead at Pride Park.. how is Clough still in a job
Shut it
Justice is served... it was never a free kick
That goal doesn't do much to the top half of the Championship. I can't be bothered.
Keeps those kind of crosses coming in Malouda
Does if feel good to just care about the top?
Malouda's another one who was ripping it up at the beginning of the season and can't be bothered now. What exactly was Butch Wilkins putting in the tea?
Brilliant reverse psychology there Davey. It really got through to the Roon.
Bob, you could park Vidic next to Colochini at the Toon and it would stop the goals raining in there.
Factor also that with Rio showing age and succeptabilty to compound injuries, United will bring in the best foreign defender possible. Smalling will be back to third choice.
It's never Smalling for Young PFA. That's just not real.
Essien fouled by Vidic.. he is in the book and very dangerous free kick chance for Chelsea ROW Z PLEASE
Vidic into the book now. Good position for the free kick here....
Cash is there to SHOOOT too
Cole does shooooot.... why??? Long may it continue
Half-time, then. I'm off to set up my class.
1 added minute is up... and there goes the whistle... FORTY FIVE MINUTES TO GO
COME ON UNITED
off to pick up the boys
I'm back but my link has gone bye bye. Searching again...
I'm back... did I miss anything?
Excellent - my Sky Veetle link is back. We're 48 minutes in and it's still 0-1.
Not a lot.
Free kick chance again for Lamps.. straight through the wall and right into VDS arms
Free kick now for the Blues.
Grrrr...."disabled due to a copyright claim again."
My SS link is working well
Come on United... create something!
Roon tries a curling shot... no where near
I'm back. Roon tries a curler but it's well wide.
Drogs is up and warming himself.
Drogs warming up...don't bring him on
Torres wins a corner.
Everton still losing to Reading... they would visit Citeh or Villa in the Sixth Round
United sitting back too much... BUGGER
LUIZ scores for Chelsea
I saw it coming
GOAL! David Luis latches onto a loose one and fires home his debut goal for Chelski.
1-1!
Doncaster are 0-2 up at Derby now.
Nice finish by why wasn't he being marked!
Who would have put money on David Luiz score before Torres???
What happened to Evra?
Boro have taken the lead against Forest
I didn't see any contact between Luiz and Evra. What happened there. Fabio warming up now. Or is it Rafael? Dunno...
Evra going to run it off
Fantastic news! Come on, Boro!
Forest back down to 5th and on 58 points, only four ahead of us and, crucially, on the same number of games now.
That was foul by Luiz but not given
Big Nose doesn't think it was a foul... TRUE Liverpool guy
Ivanovic with another crunching tackle on Nani. Bloody hell - how does he stay out of the book?
United have created nowt
Luiz right into the back of Rooney there and he finally does get a yellow.
David Luiz is in the book for a foul on Rooney
COME ON UNITED!!!
Drogs on for Anelka
Anelka off and Drogba on. Why? Torres has been useless.
30 minutes to go
Useless touch by Rooney... he tried to touch it off.
The goal has made no difference to he performance
Horrible shot there by Torres.
Reading's keeper has still not had to make a save all match
oh, Roon is offsisde.... but slots it in
BLOODY HELL ROONEY!!!
WHAT A HOPELESS SHOT
Oh - Rooney was in on goal but somehow missed the target and his teammates.
BRING ON BERBATOV
Fantastic shot there of the Neviller in amongst the United throng behind the goal shouting "Oh, Wayne, for fuck's sake!"
Great save by keeper at Goodison..
Hopeless by Nani!
Nani tries to beat the entire Chelski back four there. A wee bit overambitious.
Charlton are losing at home to Carlisle after taking the lead
Great ball from Drogba to Torres but he's offside.
Torres almost through... offside
Pompey take the lead against Scunny
There you go, then, Dave. On comes Drac.
Left winger John Terry puts a through ball but well herded out by Smalling
20 to go... must be inside the last 5 in the Cup tie
Dracs and GIIGGS coming on
For Wee Pea and Scholes
Congratulations Ryan.... 606th appearance
Malouda off for Jerk Off
Is he a foward/midfield?
Struth.. Ivanovich meets the corner.. thankfully off the mark
Perfect game to score Ryan
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